The British Enduro Series has been cancelled for 2017. That’s according to a statement published this morning from the series director Si Paton via the BES Facebook page.
Paton’s post lists multiple reasons behind the series cancellation including financial troubles, low entry numbers as well as pressures on himself and his family. He also praised those involved with the series to date and explained that all riders currently entered for 2017 will be refunded in full.
The full statement is shown below:
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British Enduro Series - BES Cancelled for 2017.
It is with great regret to inform you that the 2017 BES is to be cancelled due to a number of factors.
The series was a great success in many ways, riders benefited from; Live Timing, £7k cash in prize money, Free Race Support from Shimano, SRAM, Hope Technology, Crankbrothers, onsite retailer Tred-Shop and GT85 with their Bike Wash, Air Hoses and Lube Station and a large media presence.The downfall was the number of riders entering, as low as 120 at Afan round 3. We appreciate the series was diluted with UK Enduro taking a slice of the riders and when that folded we offered all of their riders a free entry to the BES but even that never really worked.
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